All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has identified political corruption as one of the biggest threats to democracy and sustainable development in Nigeria. The APC chieftain made the observation at the end-of-year dinner of the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries (CORFEPS) in Abuja. He added that the civil service can play an important role in curbing political corruption the same way it enabled it. Oyegun, who spoke on “the role of Nigeria Civil Service in this era of change”, stressed that the Civil Service remains the fulcrum for national development in this era of change. According…
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A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has said the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) is in for what he called “real trouble”. Fani-Kayode, who was the spokesperson of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization in the March 28 presidential election, was reacting to the appointment of one Deji Adeyanju as the Director of Social Media for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The controversial former Minister and staunch critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, expressed his view on the appointment of Mr. Adeyanju and what it portends for the APC-led federal government via his Twitter handle @realFFK: Congratulations to…
The British authorities has hightened surveillance around ailing Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, following the revelation that she is on the verge of leaving the country for the Commonwealth of Dominica, where she has reportedly acquired citizenship. Alison-Madueke, who has been in London since May 29, 2015 for treatment of chest cancer, is currently under investigation in the United Kingdom for alleged corruption while serving as head of Nigeria’s lucrative Petroleum Ministry. According to the report, the discovery that the embattled former Minister had secretly acquired the citizenship of the tiny Caribbean country of only 72,000 people, jolted…
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has joined calls in several quarters for the removal of fuel subsidy. Speaking on Friday in Kaduna, Tinube urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately remove the subsidy regime, saying it has overstayed its usefulness. According to him, for the country to move forward, the subsidy regime need to go since the ordinary Nigerians are no longer benefiting from it. In a keynote address, entitled, “Towards the Economic Liberation of Nigeria, Bala Usman’s Enduring Relevance” which he delivered at the memorial Conference organized…
Nigerian Naira (₦) today recovered what it lost on Thursday, strengthening against the United States Dollar ($) after weeks of free fall at the parallel market. The currency gained N10 to exchange at N270 to the dollar after it slumped to N280 on Thursday as the central bank reduce the amount of dollar in circulation. At the official interbank window, it gained N0.03 to close at N196.97 to the dollar. Traders at the market said that Giving possible reasons for the recovery, traders said currency speculators were afraid that the naira could sell below their expectations and this forced them to release…
The Popular Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has called on Nigerians to be patient and keep faith with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government, assuring that the as the nation will attain greatness in no distant future. Rev. Mbaka made the call in Abuja today while speaking with State House correspondents after he visited President Muhammadu Buhari to pray for him and the nation. “What is happening now is seasonal; it is just a harmattan period, in no distant time this season will equally pass away. Nigeria will inhale better air,” Mbaka said. “We are passing through a season of decay into…
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The declaration of Emmanuel as winner of the April 11 governorship election in Akwa Ibom was challenged by the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Umana O. Umana. At the governorship election tribunal, Governor Emmanuel of the PDP, had secured partial victory, with the election cancelled only in 18 out of the state’s 31 local government areas, where it ordered a rerun. However, while Governor Emmanuel challenged the ruling, insisting he won in all 31 LGAs, the APC candidate, Mr. Umana, also…
Federal Government today postponed an emergency Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting summoned to discuss issues related to the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The emergency FEC meeting was called ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s presenting of the bill before a joint National Assembly session on Tuesday. Disclosing the reason for the sudden postponement of the emergency meeting, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was to give members of the cabinet enough time to reconcile figures. “The meeting was not cancelled. It was postponed till Monday afternoon. The reason is that you know there was a meeting of the National Economic Council…
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says Nigeria’s economy has hit a wall because the country did not plan for times like this. “For decades, Nigeria danced in close confines with economic disaster. In the past, higher oil prices allowed us to dodge the worst. We have survived but not thrived. Improvised but not planned. Spent but not invested. Laughed, drank and feasted but did not build, construct or maintain. Now, Nigeria has collided into a wall, merciless and immovable. The present downturn in oil prices may be more than…
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Thursday, December 17, dismissed as false, claims by some politicians in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he had withdrawn from the inconclusive governorship election in the state. Sylva described the claim as an act of desperation by the PDP in their fear of imminent defeat. The APC governorship candidate said members of the PDP who were spreading fabrications about his withdrawal from the suspended governorship election, were engaging in a futile attempt to save their principal, Governor Seriake Dickson, from sure and imminent defeat. Sylva,…